Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-08-27
The Umbrella.
IT'S HISTORY DATING BACK TO THE RIGHTKENTH
CENTURY.

IT'S HISTORY DATING BACK TO THE RIGHTKENTH
CENTURY.
Leckys History of England in the Eighteenth Century
In Queen Anne's time 1t Is mentioned both by
Swift and Gay as employed by women, but up to
the middle OF the eighteenth century it appears
never to have been used in England by men,
though Wolfe, the future csnqueror of Quebec,
wrote from Paris in 1752 describing it as In gen.
eral use In that city, and wondering that 50 con-
venlent practice had not yet penetrated to
England. Hanway, the famous traveller and phi
lanthropist, who returned to England in 1850, is
said to have been the first Englishman who car
ried an umbrella; and a Scotch Tootman. named
John Macdonald, who had Travelled with his mas
ter in France and Spain, mentions in his curious
IT'S and persisted in carrying it in wet weather,
though jeering crowd followed him, crying,
"Fre al why don't You get coach?"
almost ceased, and gradually q few for
eignerS, and then some Engl1shmen followed his
example. Def0e had described an umbrella as one
OF the contrivanctes Of Robinson Crusoe and um-
Drelias were In consequence at one time called
"Robinsons." They were long looked on as a sign
OF extreme eneminacy, and they multiplied very
slowly. DIR. Jameson, in 1852, is said to have
been the first person WHO used one at Glasgow and
Southey's mother, who was born in 1882 was ac-
custOmed to say she remembered the time When
any one would have been hooted who carried one
In the streets Of Bristol. single coarse cotton
one was often Kept in coffee house to be lent out
with the carriage and held over the heads of
ladies as they got In or out; but for many years
posed to the insults Of the mob and to the persis-
tent and very natural luminosity of the hackney
c0achman, who despatched them with mud and
dashed them furiously with their whips But the
manifest convenience OF the new fashion secured
It's ultimate triumph and before the close OF the
century umbrellas had passed into general use.
American Specialties.
From the Rochester Union.
monkey wrench" is not so named because it
Is a handy thing to monkey WITH or for any kim
dred reason. monkey" is not its name at all, but
"Moncky." Charles Moncky, the inventor Of 1t,
sold his patent for g. OOO and invested the money
In house in Williamsburg, Kings County, where
he now lives. Iron, London trade paper, says
tnat ~, 600 dozen Moncky wrencheS are exported
TO Europe annually. "The toolmakers and ma
chinists OF Europe says Iron, .ssuch as Krupp, OF
Germany; WhitwOrth Il Armstrong, OF England,
ana HotcnRisS, OF France, with their vast re-
sources, are unable to produce Moncky or screw
Oar wrench equal to the American wrencheS and
consequently they have to import these tools from
the States"
On the same subject the same journal continues:
"Our American contemporaries have every cause
10 De surprised at the astonishing fact that thou
10 the United States and there converted into the
Simplest OF American manufactures the sad or
laundry iron, and then exported back to Europe
at no small profit. There is no one corner OF Ell-
rope Where the American Small-caSt hardware is
not on sale. In the matter OF the common pocket
lockwood rules, the American manufacturers so
Tar excel all others that. II not all European ma
tlOnS certainly all nations outside OF Europe are
supplied from America. The manufacturers there
print on the rule whatever system of measure
ment is followed by the country for which the
goods are intended. American augerS and auger-
DltS are used the world over other nation being
aDle 10 compete The Americans, with such facts
before them, may well be proud OF their manu-